diff --git a/android/defaults.go b/android/defaults.go
index 3d06c69..8fe2879 100644
--- a/android/defaults.go
+++ b/android/defaults.go
@@ -274,7 +274,7 @@
 
 func RegisterDefaultsPreArchMutators(ctx RegisterMutatorsContext) {
 	ctx.BottomUp("defaults_deps", defaultsDepsMutator).Parallel()
-	ctx.BottomUp("defaults", defaultsMutator).Parallel()
+	ctx.BottomUp("defaults", defaultsMutator).Parallel().UsesCreateModule()
 }
 
 func defaultsDepsMutator(ctx BottomUpMutatorContext) {